POWER UP presents GIVE OR TAKE AN INCH

Amanda Bearse Michele Greene Kacie Stetson
Megan Cavanagh Tim Maculan
Casting Director Cara Coslow
Costumer Christina Onorati
Production Designer Chris Miller
Editor Greg Huson
Director of Photography Peter Ney
Executive Producers Stacy Codikow Amy Shomer
Produced by Rhonda Bloom
Written by Erin Eckles
Directed by Lee Friedlander


Director Lee Friedlander has been a producer for 17 years and has made more than a dozen independent feature films. Her recent projects include Fish Don’t Blink with Lea Thompson, Wil Wheaton and Dee Wallace Stone and Unspeakable with Dennis Hopper, Lance Henrickson and Dina Meyer. Lee’s directorial debut, “The 10 Rules, (a Lesbian Survival Guide)” is a 30-minute romantic comedy that explores what happens when your friends aren’t just your friends… they’re also your dating pool. The film stars Megan Cavanaugh, has been accepted by over 20 film festivals worldwide and has recently won Best Short, Boulder, Co. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002, Best Short, Fresno Gay And Lesbian Film Festival 2002, And “Best Of The Fest” Outfest 2002.

While attending Connecticut State University , Lee began to write, direct and perform in local access commercials, videos, films, and drama series. At the same time, she was performing in an off off Broadway show at the Shubert Theater.

Lee was featured in last December’s Curve Magazine’s “ Hollywood ’s Most Powerful Women” issue.

Writer Erin Eckles: This is my story, and I’ll swear by it. I come from a long line of storytellers. At least four generations that I can personally vouch for. All of them spinning a tale or weaving a web – some historians, some historical revisionists. There exists, in my own little world, enough characters and stories for me to write about for a lifetime. I only hope that I have enough time and talent to tell all their tales.

I got the hell out of Dodge City , Kansas , and went to college where I proceeded to spend too much time writing about my family. I left the country. They followed me. I went back to college and got a degree in English. I moved to one coast, then another, all in an attempt to avoid the chorus of voices I couldn’t escape coming to me from the Mid-west like Whoville floating on a flower in the pink middle of nowhere. I hear dead people, and I am related to them.

I have worked and lived and loved. I have built my own family. And yet, it is my family of origin to whom I owe the depth and richness in my life. They taught me how to tell a story -- to frame a thought, an argument, an idea -- and to express it to someone else.

I work. I write. I eat. I sleep. I change diapers. I scoop the litter box. I cook for my partner and occasionally yell during dinnertime. I try and keep up with friends, but mostly I just keep my head above water. I hate commuting and have a tendency toward road rage. I don't have many illusions left about life or love, or Hollywood . Except someday, I really hope to become Miss America .

UPDATE SUMMER 2005

Lee Friedlander direcyted WASABI TUNA starring Tim Meadows, Antonia Sabato Jr., and Anna Nicole Smith and directed GIRL PLAY a lesbian romantic comedy based on the hit stage play Real Girls. GIRL PLAY took home three awards from Outfest 2004, Best Lesbian Feature and Best Actress shared by the two stars.

Lee is now in Development on a TV series based on her award winning short, THE TEN RULES A LESBIAN SURVIVAL GUIDE with LOGO.